News Broadcasting
CNN-IBN & IBN7 in partnership with ADR launch MP Ka Report Card
MUMBAI: With almost 8,000 candidates from over 1,400 political parties, 814 million eligible voters, and nine phases, India’s 16th General Election is going to be the largest electoral exercise that the world has ever witnessed. The big question: Who should we vote for?
To help the voters make up their minds, CNN-IBN and IBN7, in partnership with ADR, have come up with a unique initiative called *MP**’s Report Card and MP** Ka Report Card*, a special survey-based news segment that illeducate the voters about their leaders and help them taking informed decisions.
Starting March 18, this special high-frequency segment will cover the work done by our MPs, their successes and failures. The survey will cover around 250,000 people in 530 constituencies, making it the largest such survey ever undertaken.
Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN-Lokmat, said,”The common man can make or break a government. As a news network, it’s our responsibility to educate our voters and keep them informed about the leaders they are going to vote for. With MP’s Report Card, we want to enable voters to truly understand the performance of their current MPs and take decisions accordingly.”
Don’t miss the special segments starting 18th March, Monday to Friday, throughout the day only on CNN-IBN & IBN7.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
